While thinking about doing some hosting at my house, I did some searching for refurbished servers. I found this company:
Seems cool! No prices listed though, so I emailed them and asked for one of their cheaper options, and shared my use case.
I got back:
R610
2 x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor with 12MB Cache -- E5620
32GB RAM
1TB HDD
On-Board Quad Port 1GbE LOM
Dell Broadcom 57711 Dual-Port DA/SFP+ 10GbE Network Interface Card
2 x 717w PSU
$475
That is a lot of cores, and a lot of RAM for $475, and I don’t quite grok all the networking stuff listed but seem cool.
That is kind of insane!!